CRATAEGUS 2C9 



P. Malus, Linn. Sp. PI. 479 (1753). Crab-free, Wilding. 



Mains sylvestris, Gerard, 1276. 



Top. Bot. 158. Syme, E. B. iii. 255, t. 489. Nyman, 240. Fl. Oxf. 112. 

 Native. Septal. Woods, hedges, thickets. Common and generally 



distributed. Small tree. April- June. 

 First record. P. malus. Wood useful, Dr. Mavors Agr. Berks. 1809. 



With Erinaeum pijrimim, Pers., in Bagley Wood, Baxi. Stirp. Crypt. 



Ox. n. 48, 1825. Ashridge Wood, Mr. W. Heicett in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



1839. 

 Var. MiTis, Wallr. Sched. Crit. 215 (1822), Syme, E. B. iii. 256, 

 t. 490, is found in all the districts, but not usually so frequent as the 

 var. acerba. The Rev. W. M. Rogers reports it as being frequent about 

 Beedon. I have seen it at Wytham. Cumnor, Tubney, Appleton, 

 Buscot, Coleshill, Bagley, Wittenham, Lockinge, Letcombe, Bradfield, 

 Sulham, Aldworth, Hungerford, Lambourn, Aldermaston, Windsor 

 Park, Wargrave, Bracknell, Ascot, Winkfield, Early, Cookham. 

 Maidenhead, Ruscombe, &c. There is a most picturesque avenue of 

 what is probably this form at Welford. 



Var. ACERBA (DC, Prod. ii. 635, as a species), Mains acerba, Merat, 

 Fl. Par. i. 187= var. acida, Wallr. teste Syme, is the commoner plant. 

 I have seen it in many localities in all the districts. 

 Pyrus Malus occurs in all the bordering counties. 



**P. COMMUNIS, Linn. Sp. PI. 479 (1753). Wild Pear. 



P. sylvestris. Gerard, 1271. Comp. Cyb. Br. 167. Top. Bot. 158. Syme, E. B. 

 iii. 251, t. 488. Nyman, 240, Fl. Oxf. 113. 



Denizen. Septal. Hedges, &c. Local and rare. Tree. April-May. 

 First recorded by Mr. J. Lousley in RusseWs Cat. 1839. 



2. Ock. Denchwortli, a casual. Wait. In the hedgerows of L^pton Gardens, 



Lousley in RusselVs Catalogue. 



3. Pang. About Aldworth and Hampstead Norris. In Beech Wood, 



Lousley, 1. c. Near Cold Ash Common, one tree in a field. 



5. Loddon. One large tree, with rugged bark and somewhat thorny 

 branches, in Park Place, between the Ivy Lodge and Boat House, 

 Stanton. One tree near Old Windsor Lock, Bolton King. Near Holyport. 



It is found more or less naturalized in all the bordering counties. 



**P. GERMANicA, Hook. fil. Stud. Fl. 127 (1870). The Wild Medlar. 



Mespilus germanica, Linn. Sp. PI. 478. M. sativa, Ger. Em. 1453. 



Cyb. Br. i. 364. Syme, E. B. iii. 235, t. 478. Nyman, 243. Fl. Oxf. 114. 



Alien. Hedges. Very rare. Small tree. May- June. 



First record. Sometimes in hedgerows, but not common. In a hedge by 

 Purley. Mostly planted in orchards. In Mr. Lousley's Orchard, Hamp- 

 stead Norris. Mr. J. Lousley in RusseWs Cat. 1839. 



The Medlar is recorded for the counties of Oxfordshire, Bucks, and Surrey. 

 CRATAEGUS, Linn. Gen. n. 547. 



C. Oxyacantha, Linn. Sp. PI. 477 (1753). Hawthorn, Whitethorn, May. 



Oxyacanthus, Ger. Em. 1327. Baxter, t. 118. 

 Top. Bot. 157. Syme, E. B. iii. 236, t. 479. Nyman, 243. Fl. Oxf. 114. 



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